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Quintessent

USASanta BarbaraAI & Data InfrastructureSeries A

Overview

Where Quintessent is now

Quintessent announced a Series A round of $40M on 24 August 2026, led by Cycle Capital.

Observed Described in the funding announcement as "provider of AI datacenter optical interconnect products". Source

Latest round
Series A
Amount
$40M
Announced
24 August 2026
Headquarters
Santa Barbara, USA
Sector
AI & Data Infrastructure
Investors
Cycle Capital
Also participating
Goldman Sachs XIG-Industry Ventures, Hina Liberty Capital, Susquehanna International Group, InterVest, Safar Partners, Ciena, Foothill Ventures, M Ventures, Osage University Partners, and Sierra Ventures
Relevant leadership
CEO Alan Liu

Current direction Inferred

What this company is working on

ProductManufacturing and scale

Read from the company's own description of what the funding supports.

Momentum Inferred

AfterRaise Score

71
Building momentum
1 funding signal in the last 90 days
Funding recency
40/40
announced within the last 30 days
Round scale
16/25
round size relative to the market
Funding stage
15/20
Series A
Funding cadence
0/15
one funding event tracked this year
Arriving with the signals layer
  • Hiring momentum Open roles and hiring pace
  • Market expansion New offices and new countries
  • Leadership Executive appointments
  • Product activity Launches and releases

Growth timeline

What has happened so far

  • 24 August 2026
    $40M Series A
    Led by Cycle Capital.

Observed The timeline currently holds funding events, because those are the signals AfterRaise observes today. Hiring, leadership, expansion and product events join it with the signals layer.

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